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I insert an Anchor at the very start of a new paragraph. Hi Dean, I think there is a rule somewhere which says that an anchor should always be in a paragraph by itself, immediately above the paragraph to which you want to link. Puzzle of the day -- why is it called an "anchor" instead of ...

Is there a way to search for topics by date of posting? Hi Dean, Have you tried reading the forums via the RSS feed? Your feed reader will sort messages by date or category (forum), and show you which ones you have read. You can also have a popup message on your screen when new messages are posted,...

Hi Alex, I also much prefer > . It is familiar to users from the "breadcrumb" navigation which often appears on web sites. The reason your programmers don't like it is that they are used to reading > as "greater than" which causes a temporary mental stumble when reading. Tell the...

PS: You can also achieve much better batch processing results in Paint Shop Pro, also for more complex images. Hi Tim, Thanks for that. You obviously have a later version of PSP than my PSP 5 which came free originally! PSP 5 doesn't have a script recording function, so the batch options in Any Ima...

However I think the serial no procedure esp. for upgrading, could be made clearer. Hi John, I don't know what the present arrangements are because it is some time since I purchased H&M. But I have just checked back through my emails, and the order confirmation message which I received from EC S...

When it doesn't work you have to use a graphics program with a good interactive color reduction function like Paint Shop Pro (highly recommended, nearly as good as Photoshop and only costs about $75). Hi Tim, Dean, How about $39.95 ? I have been trying Any Image from Swedish developer FMJ-Software:...

I bought the H&M Standard version 4 upgrade online, but when I ran the setup program, the splash screen says that I have a 14-day evaluation copy of H&M Professional edition. Am I supposed to do something to activate my serial number and security code? Thanks in advance for your guidance. K...

From a leaflet delivered with a hard drive: "Instructions for installing the drive can be found in the file readme.txt stored on the hard drive." Hi Tim, I purchased a Bosch shredder for the garden rubbish. Removing it from the box was extremely difficult and I cut my hand on some sharp h...

we do need the replace styles functionality I have read that is planned for version 4.2. Is this near? Hi, The current "target" date for H&M 4.2 is said to be September, see: http://helpman.it-authoring.com/viewtopic.php?t=4704#18172 We have been waiting for Search/Replace styles and ...

This appeared in Michael Quinion's World Wide Words newsletter today: "I'm a technical writer," e-mailed Jon Voskuil. "This instruction in one of my user guides managed to make it through five reviews before one of the engineers caught it:" Be sure to place the document back on t...

3. Import the CHM file into H&M. 4. Manually reconstruct the conditional topics and conditional text in H&M. 5. Take delight in that the GIF file names have been preserved. Hi Mark, Welcome to the H&M forums. I think you have probably found the best option (and the best software!). Note...

andyr wrote:Is there a sample pdf output I could have a look at somewhere?

Hi Andy,

The full H&M documentation is in PDF format at:

http://download.ec-software.com/helpman_pdf.zip

Martin.

could it be possible to save the path in order to load all the files automatically and generate the project again later ? Hi, There is an option to do this in the Insert > Plain HTML Code... function, using #MERGE. See: http://www.helpandmanual.com/help/index.html?hm_working_importing_mergehtml.htm...

I recently looked for a Trademark (TM) symbol to add it in my text. Is there an easier way other than to use "insert special character"? Hi Peter, In the text, enter Alt+0153 . (Hold down Alt, enter 0153 on the number pad , release Alt). Having got one TM mark you can copy and paste as ma...

I'm not sure about the internals of PDF graphics either. AFAIK it uses lossless compression on the bitmaps and can also apply additional JPEG compression if you want. Hi Tim, That seems to be right. I found this info on the Adobe site: https://createpdf.adobe.com/cgi-feeder.pl/help_compression From...